tinya or tunya (Kano), tumniya (Sok. and Zanf.), Euphorbia unispina, N. E. Brown. a cactus-like shrub, with an acrid milky juice; a common accessory ingredient of arrow-poison. (E. Poissoni, Pax, and perhaps other species are included).
tofa or toha, Imperata arundinacea, Cyrill (Gramineæ). A stiff-leaved grass with a white cottony flower-spike, growing up in fields, &c. after harvest or burning, especially in damp situations; used for thatch and stuffing cushions.
zakaran tofa = the sharp young shoots which pierce the heel.
tofo or toho, the young leaf-buds or sprouting of any tree or grass. Syn. labaye. cf. [fuda].
toshshi or twashshi, vide under [barkono].
toton masara, vide under [masara].
tozalin barewa (Katagum), Vernonia pauciflora, Less. (Compositæ); a field-herb with blue thistle-like flowers.
tozalin kura, vide [sabulun mata].
tsa or tswa (Sok.), Fluggea microcarpa, Blume (Euphorbiaceæ). A slender-branched small-leaved shrub with white berries; the tough stems are used for making wicker traps, native beds, &c. (hence also called itchen gado); occasionally planted near houses. vide [faskara giwa].
tsabre or tsaure, Cymbopogon giganteum, Stapf (Gramineæ); a tall fragrant grass, used for zana, screens, &c.; (sometimes confused with the narrow-leaved grass [nobe], q.v.).